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Katharina ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a female given name from the Greek Αἰκατερίνα or Αἰκατερίνη ( Aikaterina , Aikaterinē ). The origin of the name is disputed; only the Romans derived the name from the Greek adjective καθαρός ( katharos , "pure"), whose meaning "pure" it still carries today. The male equivalent (Latin: Catharinus ) appears only in connection with a clearly male first name (e.g. Barthélemy-Catherine). The name was widely used by St. Catherine of Alexandria in the 3rd / 4th Century. Audio file / audio sample

There are several theories about the origin of the name. Among other things, it could be a modification of the name of the Greek goddess of magic Hecate . Another possibility would be to modify the Armenian word Կատար ( gadar = "summit"). Furthermore, the Greek words εκάτερος ("one of the two"), ἑκατόν ("one hundred"), ἑκάς ("far away") and αἰκία ("mistreatment") are possible sources.

Distribution and variants

The name Katharina is one of the few given names that has been one of the 140 most popular names in Germany without interruption since 1890. The name was moderately popular at the end of the 19th century, then its frequency continued to decline until the early 1940s. From then on, an initially moderate, from the mid-1970s, a sharp increase in its prevalence was recorded. At the end of the 1980s, the name was even the most frequently given female first name in Germany a few times. Numerous spellings such as Catarina , Catharina , Caterina , Catrina , Katarina , Katerina, Katrina as well as variants and kose forms are derived from the name Katharina , including Karin , Catalina , Katja , Katrin , Jekaterina , Ketewan (Georgian variant) and Trine .

Further variants in other languages ​​are:

  • Basque: Katalin, Kattalin
  • Belarusian: Katsiaryna
  • Breton: Katarin, Katell
  • Bulgarian: Ekaterina, Katerina, Katia, Katya
  • Catalan: Caterina
  • Corsican: Catalina
  • Croatian: Katarina, Kata, Kate, Katica, Tina
  • Czech: Kateřina, Katka
  • Danish: Cathrine, Katarina, Kathrine, Katrine, Caja, Carina, Ina, Kaja, Karen, Karin, Karina, Katharina, Katja, Trine
  • Dutch: Catharina, Katelijn, Katelijne, Katrien, Katrijn, Katrina, Cato, Ina, Karin, Katinka, Katja, Rina, Rini, Riny, Tina, Tineke, Trijntje
  • English: Caitlin, Catherine, Cathleen, Katherine, Kathleen, Katrina, Caelie, Caetlin, Caileigh, Cailin, Cailyn, Caitlyn, Caleigh, Caren, Caryn, Cat, Cate, Catharine, Catherin, Catherina, Cathryn, Cathy, Cayley, Kae, Kaelea, Kaelee, Kaelyn, Kaety, Kaila, Kailee, Kailey, Kailyn, Kaitlin, Kaitlyn, Kaitlynn, Kaleigh, Kaley, Kalie, Kalyn, Karen, Karena, Karin, Karina, Karyn, Kat, Kate, Katee, Katelin, Katelyn, Katelynn, Katey, Katharine, Katharyn, Katherina, Katheryn, Katheryne, Kathi, Kathie, Kathlyn, Kathryn, Kathy, Katie, Katlyn, Katriona, Katy, Kay, Kaye, Kayla, Kayleah, Kaylee, Kayleen, Kayleigh, Kayley, Kaylie, Kaylin, Kayly, Kaylyn, Kaylynn, Keighley, Keila, Kerena, Kit, Kitty, Trina
  • Estonian: Kadri, Katariina, Katrin, Kaia, Kaisa, Kaja, Kati, Riina, Triinu
  • Finnish: Katariina , Katriina , Iina, Kaarina, Kaija, Kaisa, Karin, Kata, Kati, Katja, Katri, Riina
  • French: Catherine, Carine, Karine
  • Frisian: Nienke, Nine, Nynke
  • Galician: Catarina
  • Georgian: Ekaterine, Eka
  • German: Katharina, Katherina, Katrin, Katrina, Carina, Cathrin, Catrin, Ina, Karen, Karin, Karina, Katarina, Katarine, Katharine, Käthe, Kathrin, Katinka, Katja, Kathi, Kati
  • Greek: Aikaterini, Ekaterini, Katerina, Katina, Kaiti, Keti
  • Hawaiian: Kakalina, Kalena
  • Hungarian: Katalin, Kata, Katalinka, Kati, Katica, Katinka, Kató, Kitti
  • Icelandic: Katrín, Karen
  • Irish: Caitlín, Caitlin, Caitríona, Cathleen, Catriona, Kathleen, Cáit, Caitria, Catrina, Ríona
  • Italian: Caterina, Catia, Katia, Katiuscia, Rina
  • Latvian: Katrīna, Ina, Karīna
  • Limburgish: Ina
  • Lithuanian: Kotryna, Katrė
  • Macedonian: Ekaterina, Katerina, Katina
  • Norwegian: Cathrine, Katarina, Kathrine, Katrine, Carina, Ina, Kaia, Kaja, Karen, Kari, Karin, Karina, Karine, Katharina, Katja
  • Polish: Katarzyna, Karina, Kasia
  • Portuguese: Catarina, Cátia
  • Russian: Ekaterina, Jekaterina, Yekaterina, Karina, Katenka, Katerina, Katia, Katya, Katyusha
  • Sardinian: Caderina
  • Scottish: Caitrìona, Catriona, Catrina
  • Serbian: Katarina
  • Slovak: Katarína, Katka
  • Slovenian: Katarina, Ina, Inja, Kaja, Katica, Katja
  • Spanish: Catalina, Lina
  • Swedish: Cathrine, Catrine, Katarina, Katrin, Katrina, Cajsa, Carin, Carina, Catharina, Ina, Kai, Kaj, Kaja, Kajsa, Karin, Karina, Katharina, Katja
  • Ukrainian: Kateryna, Katia, Katya
  • Welsh: Catrin, Cadi

name day

Possible name days are:

For other memorial days, see St. Catherine .

Well-known namesake

Catherine

Katharine

Katherina

Katherine

Fictional characters

  • Katharina von Schwaben ( Käthchen von Heilbronn after her rise in rank - title character in Heinrich von Kleist's great historical knight play Das Käthchen von Heilbronn or the ordeal by fire )
  • Katja Kabanowa, main character in the drama Thunderstorm by Alexander Ostrowski and title character in the opera Káťa Kabanová by Leoš Janáček based on Ostrowski's original
  • Katharina Blum, see The lost honor of Katharina Blum , by Heinrich Böll
  • Kate (Katherine) Mosley, main character in The Booked Man , played by Jennifer Aniston
  • Katharina Knie , main character in the rope dancer piece of the same name by Carl Zuckmayer
  • Katharina Knie (musical) , main character in the musical version of the same name of the tightrope walker piece by Carl Zuckmayer with the music by Mischa Spoliansky
  • Catherine Earnshaw, main character in Emily Brontë's Storm Heights (Wuthering Heights)
  • La Catrina , a skeleton lady by the Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada
  • Catherine, main character in William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew
  • Katharina Petrova [doppelganger in ' Vampire Diaries ']
  • Katarina Du Couteau, character of the MOBA computer game " League of Legends "

additional

  • Dickes Käthchen (Polish: Gruba Kaśka ), hydraulic engineering works in Warsaw
  • Katharine , 1983 single from the formation Steinwolke

See also

Web links

Wiktionary: Katharina  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Kate Hardcastle, Oxford Dictionary of First Names , 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), 154.
  2. ↑ Nordic Names Wikipedia: Origin of the name Katharina . Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Frequency statistics on "Popular first names"
  4. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Cătălina. Retrieved May 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Katarina | League of Legends. Retrieved September 19, 2017 .